If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

The 50 Most Googled Female Athletes of 2012

50. Francesca Piccinini

Google Results From Past Year: 71,400You may not have heard of her (unless you happened to read our list of the hottest female athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics), but volleyball player is pretty popular in Italy.

Google Results From Past Year: 72,400South Korea’s Kim Yu Na won gold in figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics; however, that was two years ago, so she’s just barely handing in there on our top 50 list.

Google Results From Past Year: 75,000In Argentina they call this field hockey player “La Maradona del hockey.” And that’s probably fair, since Aymar has been named World Player of the Year an unprecedented 7 times.

Google Results From Past Year: 76,300Romania’s Simona Halep (the 47th ranked women’s tennis player in the world) had breast reduction surgery back in 2009 in hopes of improving her game. That hasn’t hurt her presence on the web.

Google Results From Past Year: 87,900Speaking of awesome names, if Vera Zvonareva isn’t the best name in women’s tennis I don’t know what is. Anyway, though she has fallen from a career-best #2 ranking all the way down to #96, she’s still popular on the web. (I assume this has something to do with the fact that she is gorgeous.)

Google Results From Past Year: 98,000Tina Charles won two National Championships with UConn and now has an Olympic gold medal to her name. That’s why she’s one of two women’s basketball players to make this list.

Google Results From Past Year: 99,900Miesha Tate has reportedly been signed by the UFC. She’ll be the main opponent of another female MMA fighter also signed recently be the UFC—a woman who we’ll see further on down on this list.

Google Results From Past Year: 101,000U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin made her third appearance at the Olympics this past summer, winning her 12th and final medal—a bronze in the 4×100 meter freestyle. That’s a pretty okay career, I guess.

Google Results From Past Year: 104,000This 9-year-old football running back became an international phenomenon when a video of her utter domination (35 TDs, 1,911 yards, 8.2 yards per carry) over boys twice her size went viral. Now she’s on the front of a Wheaties box (obviously) and is among the 50 most Googled female athletes of 2012.I don’t know about you, but this one made my day.

Google Results From Past Year: 107,000Alana Blanchard is supposedly one of the top pro female surfers in the world. Personally, I know nothing about surfing so I can’t judge whether that is true; however, I know why she is so popular in the web.

Google Results From Past Year: 108,000After dominating at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice was shut out this year in London. However, she was still one of the games’ biggest celebrities. She even hung out with Kobe Byrant.